title: [Scalenus biopsy in diagnosis of ovarian and uterine cancers].
abstract: Patients with tumours of the lower pelvis were submitted to a biopsy of the scalene fat pad. The primary tumour was a carcinoma of the ovary in 32, of the cervix in 4, and of the body of the uterus in 2 cases. Microscopic metastases in the pre-scalene lymph nodes were found in 7 of the 32 cases of ovarian carcinoma (21.8%), but in none of the patients with carcinoma of the uterus. Since a histologically positive finding of a scalene lymph node influences the treatment, biopsy of the scalene fat pad is recommended as part of the pre-operative investigation of patients with ovarian carcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Universitäts-HNO-Klinik Graz.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Posawetz
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jakse
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Petru
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Pickel
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Heydarfadai
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000473:pathology; D001706:Biopsy; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*
vernacular_title: Die Skalenusbiopsie in der Diagnostik von Ovarial- und Uteruskarzinomen.